The Sun. — London, England, 1808-11-17 00:00:00

I . , It appears that the SalveMeCetitral Junta will be transferred to Madrid from. Araniuez on the 20th of November. CADIZ, Ocr. 18.—El Glorioso, Ship of the Line, which arrived here yesterday from Algeur, El Prin ciPee de Asturias, sailed the same day for Ferrol ; and to- morrow El San Francisco de Paula is to go con "Y to several Merchant-vessels, bound for North America.—On Saturday the 15th, the convoy sailed for Tarragona, consisting of the Frigate Atocha, the English Transport Sceptre, and three other smaller vessels, With 22,000 stand of arms, some mor tars,.' cannon, and .ammunition, besides 180,000 dollars, which is a very important supply. The Deputy from Catalonia, Signor ELOLA, set out on the same day for Aranjuez. D JOSEPH VEttEus has assumed the Govern ment of this City. S. D. THOMAS MORLA is on the eve of departi ng. 60,000 shirts, for The Ladies of Cadiz are making the use of the army. II AltatvaD—: Corunna MAILS. 1 Dublin. Dus—t Gottenburgh, ( t Nlalt a , 3 W ater f or d. __,. P RICE OF STOCKS T u lalL uls D 4 Y AT T%VLLV O'CLOCK. —_-____ C°l36°lS 66 I Red u . Aim. . 66 I Onnum 2, 4 dis. ____ THE SUN. ~.___ SOLsm QUI' DICARZ I•LSU?4 ♦UDiAT ? L 0 ND 0 ,N, ,___ T RIIRSDAY, NOVEMBER '17 . , 1808. h The Official Int e lli gence w hi c h we yesterd a y la i d " nfo re our Readers, from Spain, we consider, upon th e Whole, as highly satisfactory ; and though Ge neral BLAKE was under the necessity of retreating, theit Was don e w i th the most perfea regularity, and b -" Iretlell fo had suffered too severely to be able to il ' ° w• But the most important effeCt of the battle is , that it shews that the Spanish troops are at least to . ' 44 1. to the French. An army of 17,000 men con , . tent irlg for eight in ho urs w i t h 25 , 0 00, an d at li st re treatin b Perieet 'order, mist be equ a l, if not su - Peri or) i n Point of courage and discipline t o th e i r : 113°ne nts• But it has be e n said (by tho se w h o a l= th a i b etray a gre at 'd ea l o f scept i c i sm w h en any tt ;'• a P Is stated that is unfavourable to. the French) at it is probable that 'the 'nutnbers have been tnis ,, Etateci,that the French numbers have been Over-rated, an d the Spanish diminished. We know not upon 'what groundsthis opinionis founded—certainly none ar e - stated 7 • but even allowi ng t h at th e num b er ' s Of tlie Is Ilia- 'WO armies Were nearer t o a n eq u a li t y, st ill i t i s li lY satisfactory to find Spanish troops, the gre ater part o f w ho 'll h a d probably never been ia 'l, ‘ 4l°ll before, contending with suc h arm n the...ess a galost the veterans of BUONAPARTE.--- 6f . "PPositlo n W r i ters h ave ta k en t hi s opportunity rene wing their attacks upon Ministers, and have lunidlY attributed the check which General BLAKE' S ar ms has sustained to the delays of' our Government. 110,anally he OPposition and their friends pay (tinintention , no doubt,) the highest 'Compliment to his I Jest Y's Ministers by the very high expectations Which., t hey form of the result of their exertions .; end the dui ; c°lll Pliment is still greater, when the con of n '' the late Ministers is taken into the on- Sttleeration. It is perfealy well known that 41 the Battle of Auerstadt to that of Fried r/and. ~,, ht . the E mperor of RUSSIA and the King of late s,, 'IA were incessant in t h e i r so li c i tat i ons to the N. ._ 'ninisters for assistance.' S o li c i tat io ns and re atfort-,.. it a nces were equally vain—not a man w as sent . is , i le general opinion upon the Continent, that if --Treft. 0 1 ::Britain had at that time interfered in earnest, ri a il yc 7 i l t of the campaign would have been mate ""rent--they Peace of Tilsit would not have been n cn " t uned, and th e E mperor ALEXANDER would not hay s k th ''' been thrown into the arms of France. Bu t 1 et t noe men ' who looked on with peffea apathy while NAPA RTE , Was °VerWllel indlg our Allies in Pol a nd, Who absolutely d was at stake—hai;;lenpeatidh4itgit:hen the fate of Europe compliment to. suppose present 111inisters the th achi eve d b at every thing is to be Y them. If adverting to the case of Portn 'al, a friend of the prwsent Administration, should Venture to,o6serve cl o ,that we have restored that King t A n to our Ally—that we have driven a French -4. 11 : t ilY 6ut of it, after obtaining two vi&ories over p IL if such an o b servat i on we say is offered in the rese nce of an y f r i ends of the late Administration, it i t qessible to describe their indignation. " It is true they say, " you have defeated the French in P ut s,'ga---Itt - --it is tru e you d rove 24,000 of them out of it • is true you have restored that Kingdom . to our antient Ally—but what of that, you to ha ve tak en the whole 24,000 men prisoners ought and youo ught to h ave done this with so much rapidity, • hat the n march o f our troops into Spain should not h ive been delayed an hour." ea. C w hen Mini sters are accused of not affordin lat'?ual as s i stance to S g pain, it i o ' , e ,s answered, th a t we already sent to Sp a i n l arge supplies of money, a t ti a nm unition, o f clothing, B,:c. that we h ave now ti, arrilY of between 4 0 and 51,000 then In Strain, ' at the Spauiaras are perfeCtly satisfied with ow extrtions, and upon Al Occasions testify the liveliest gratitude for our assistance. If such an answer as this is given, the same indignation is ex pressed.bv the late Ministers, and their friends.— " Do not tell us," they say, " of your exertions, or of the opinion of the SPaniards of them : we are infinitely better judges than they are upon the subje6t • It is true you have sent them money, arms, cloath ing; ammunition, and an army of 40 or 50,000 men, but you ought to have done more; you ought to have driven the French out of Spain. It is true you have done much, but you ought to have done every thing. For what you have done 'you shall have no credit; for what you have not cine, whether it was possible or not, you shall be severely censured." And the result of all this reasoning is, that the 'pre sent Ministers should be turned out, and their pre decessOrs restored, and the people are gravely as sured that the public affairs would go on most properously if the torpid negle& of those who have done much were replaced by the fervid a&it•ity Of those who did nothing ! We ate happy to announce the safe arrival of the Amethyst Frigate and her Prize, the Thetis, at PlymoUth. After the Thetis struck her 'C6- . , lours, and W as tak en posses l on o f , a large ship, afterwards fOUnd to be the TriuMfih, of 74 guns, hove in sight, when the Amethyst's ship's conipny; supposing her to 'be the consort of the Thetis, gave three cheers, and cleared ship. for a;second aetion.— Lieut. KENDALL, Of Marines, on board the Amethyst, was killed in the action .; Lieut. )4tY - I , rE , of the same corps, Mr. GinioNS, and Mr. STILES, Master's Mates, are wounded. As the fdlldwing Official Account Of the Battles in Spain did not appear in the whole of . our sion yesterday , we this day repeat 'it Government have received Dispatches IrOna St. Andero, 'dated the 7th November, Which state that the French having received considerable rein forcements, attacked the Gallician Army, under General BLAKE, on the 31st of 06:tobet, in their positiOns, abOut a league from Savareasa. • The at tack commenced at six o'clock in the morning, un der cover of a thick fog, and lasted till three in the af ternoon, when the Spaniards, after a most obstinately contested engagement, in which they had to contend with numbers 'greatly superior, and a forMidable artillery, being destitute themselves of that - species of force, were obliged to retire. They effected their retreat in excellent order to Bilboa, with a view to a further retirement upon Valmaseda. The Enemy's force was computed at 25,000 men, that of General BLAKE at 17,000. The bravery and steadiness of the Spanish troops are mentioned in the highest terms. In the course of eight hours most obstinate and incessant fighting,, the Enemy never gained more than a quarter of a league. Sebsequent Letters, dated St. Andero, the i tth, State, that General BLAKE, finding the French were advancing beyond Valmaseda,, with a view to cut o ff one of his divisions, advanced upon their army near Valmaseda and Oronteas, on the 4th of November, and after a vigorous and obstinate aai n, which lasted from one 'o'clock in the day till dark, he defeated the FrenCh, arid drove them from Valma seda, with loss, taking one howitzer, much ammu nition, two provision waggons, and some prisoners. General BLAKE was concentrating his army, and moving his head-quarters to ReynOsa. The Marquis DE LA ROMANA had arrived at St. Andero, to take the command of the Northern Army. Yesterday about twelve o'clock his MAJESTY ar rived at the Queen's Palace from Windsor, where he was received by the Dukes of YORK, KENT, and CUMBERLAND. At two o'clock his MAJESTY held A private Levee, which was attended by— The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Piesident ot the Council, the Pirst Lord of the Trea sury, the Chancellor of the hxchequer, the three Secretaries of State, the Fiist Lord of the Admiralty, the Lord Chief {u,tice of the Court of Kisig's Bench, the lodge of the Aci_ mirilty, the judge Advocate, the Lord NI ayor of London, the Bccorier of London, his Excellency the Spanish Arnhassa_ dqt, the Spanish Deputies, the 'Jake ut Montrose, Earl Winchilsca, Lords Arden (in %Vatting), Hcatlitield (Gold Stick), Sirs I. Craddock and C. Brisbane; Generals Har court, jacome, Hugonin, and Reyneli ; Mes.irs. Fawkener, Villiers, G. Villiers, Grown in Waiting), Buliccley, and Spangro. The following had the honour or being presented to His MAJESTY : Mr. Villiers, upon his being appointed on a S peoial M is. sion to Portugal, by Mr. Canning. • • Mr. Spai4,rO, by the:Spanish Ambassador. Lieut.-Colonel Reynell, upon his being appointed to the command of the 71st regiment, and upon his promotion and appointment to the Stalfin Portugal. Major-General Hugoilin, upon his being appointed to the command of the 4th regiment of Dragoons. • General Jacome, by the Spanish Ambassador. Captain Sir Charles Brisbane, of the Royal Navy, upon his being appointed Governor and Commander in Chief of the Island of St. Vincent. The Lord Mayor of London, by the Recorder. • Lieutenant-General Sir john Craddock, upon kis being anointed to the command of the Forces in Portugal. Mr. Bulkeley, upon his being appointed a Groom of his Majesty's iled•ciiamber, in the town of General Harcourt, resigned. Tile Hon. General Harcourt, upon his being appointed Master of his NidiCSty's robes, in the room of Lord Selsca, deceased. His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, at which Sir CHARLES BRISBANE was introduced, and sworn _in Goi'ernor of the Island of St . . Vincent. About seven o'clock. His MAJESTY set off oz his return to*Windsor. NAVAL ,NE W. .PLYMOUTH, Nov. 15.—Arrived the Parthian Brig with dispatches from Toulon and Gibraltar ; Plover and Orestes Sloops of War from Spain ; Ar row Schooner from a cruize ; Scorpion Sloop of War, and Harlequin hired Armed Ship, with a con voy of Coasters and ,light Viduallers from the west ward ; Brilliant Frigate from the eastward ; linpe tueux, 0174 guns, and SA(4/111)1 . 1 Frigate, from oil' L'Orient ; Encounter Gun -frig from a crui 2,2 Pea cock Sloop of War from 'die westward ; d meth!) st Frigate, Capt.. S*Eymooa, with her prize La Thetis French Frigate; French Schooner dirmadia,. from bound to L'Orient, laden with brandy, soldiers' clothing and baggage, cut out of a aly near L'Oricnt, by the Boats of the Emerald Frigate French Schooner Cornelia, from BourdeaUx, bound to Martinique, laden with provisions, captured by the Amazon Frigate ; a French Schooner, burthen about 100 tons, captured by the NarCissus, and a French Sao° her captUred by the Saturn, of 74 guns ; and the Stianish trig Nuestra Senora de la Predud, H. FINDOII master, of 'and' from Malaga, bound to London, put in here to refit being very leaky. Thetis French Frigate, Captured by the Arne . thyst, is a very fine Frigate of the largest class ; she is 'totally disnaasted, and is come into harbour, as well as the Amethyst. FALMOUTH, NOV. 14.--;.tkrriVed thiS evening the 'Princess kary, Pocock, with Mails, froth the Lee ward Islands, 42 days from Tortola—nn news., Als6 arrived the Eliza Packet, SAMPSON, from Co runna, four days passage : she brings an account that Bilboa is again in possession of the FreriCh : about 70,000 Troops made tbeirappearance on the sth in stant, under Oenerat NEV, when General BLAKE, thought it adviseablelo retire. He is now with his Army aboUt 20 miles fioin Bilboa. The French have not advanced no action has yet taken place With the Armies. The Cavalry from Portsmouth, under 'His Majesty's Ship Sytelle, were arrived at Corunni.—The PeCicock Sloop, with a Messenger, ialso arrived this evening : she sailed three days be fore the Packet. . The RebNiGunrbrig sailed this day on a mill ze. The Eliza Packet was. only 50 Lour from Fal mouth to Corunna. PoarsmooTa, Nov. 16.—Arrived his Majesty's Ships Racoon,' 4lbicore, Ringdove, and. Speirrow hawk, from Corunna, with about 20 or 30 Sail of Transports, a part of which are as follows : Betsey, Gray; Sarah, ; Hero,- ;, Nimrod, -; Polly, Chapman ; Diana, Collins ; at.d Cornwallis, Story : also his Majesty's Ship fasper train Spain, and the Surly Cutter-from Gtiernsey Mary, Dowe, from Cork ; Prince George, Duck, from Quiberon Bay ; and Shillah, Petits, fi o ra Waterford. His Majesty's Ship Fetter is appointed Convoy to the Downs. The Ggneral Parras French Lugger Privateer was this day sent into this Port, prize to hi. Majesty's Ship Mahon. • YARMOUTH, Nov. M.—Yesterday, P. M. Mr. MERRY, embArked on board the Alexandria Frigate, and sailed on his embassy to Stockholm. LIVERPOOL, Nov. ifr.—Arrived the Susannah, BUTCHER, from St. Lucia.. She sailed on the 17th of September. The Captain state.; that the French West India Islands are plentifully supplied with pt - o 7 visions by the Americans. DaAL, Nov. 16.—. Arrived and sailed for . the River the Fame, COURTNEY; . from Cadiz. Arrived the speculator Lugger, from 'Falmouth ; and the Pandora, from a croize; she has captured a' Swedish Galliot, laden with gin, which she has detained and sent into Dover. Captain MicaAar. Szymoun, of the Amethyst, is the son of a most respectable Clergyman, the late Rev. Mr. SEYMOUR, at the city of Limerick, in Ire land. Ile has served in the Navy from his earliest years, and has been, with very little intermission, in active-; employment. He was a Lieutenant when he lost . his arm in Lord HOWE'S action, in which he rendered such eminent service, that he was immedi ately promoted to the rank of. Master and .Com mander, and appointed to the Spi ‘ lZee the command of this vessel, Capt. SEYMOUR was a terror to the Enemy's Privateers, some of which he captured in every crnize, resetting at the same time the British vessels of which they had made prize. He afforded such ample protection to the British trade, and gave so much annoyance to the enemy, that he was soon made Post; and after a short lapse of times, received the appointment in which he has now done 'so much honour to himself; and so essential service to his country. The conveyance of the supplies of provisions to the French West 'mita Islands, which Capt. SEYMOUR has intercepted by the captureof the Thetis, is an obje& of first-rate importance with the French Government, as those Islands, and particular ly Martinique, which is the most valuable, must, unless it receives these supplies, be inevitably starved into a surrender to the British arms; the American embargo, and the war between Spain and France, in which the Spanish Colonies have so honourably taken part with the Mother Country, having cut oti the supplies from all other quarters. Thus, Captain SEYMOUR has had the good tortune, in performing one of the most gallant actions upon our naval re cords, to defeat a hostile enterprise of the greatest moment ; an enterprise, to counteract which, it would have been adviseable, if it had been necasary, to eia.i.loy a large squadron. COURT OF INQUIRY. TI e Court of Ineuiry assembled this firming at '; . „ , half past ten o'clock; 'pot strangers were not adtiiit ted till half past eleven. The Puke Of CvmlßErn -. LAND, a few Gentlemen, and a few Ladies, were in the Court at its opening, and remained there for _some time ; but they were direaed to withdraw, and the Court sat closely shut lb, - nearly an hour. When strangers were admitted, the crowd and pressure were vier; gee^t ; in consequence of whith we could not hear distinctly the contents 'of the Papers read. One of them was a Letter from Gen: DALRYMPLE, who, with Sir ARTHUR 'WELLESLEY, was in Court, saying "he should be prepared to state all that bad occurred in Portugal trom the time he took the command till his recall. ,The Court continued reading papers at a quarter past twelve, not then haying cared any witnesses. In the course of reading these Papers, the Judge Advocate took an opportunity of statin, in a very audible manner, that it was the wish of the Court no part of •its proceedings should be published till the whole bad been finished, laid before the King, and that his Majesty's pleasure was known, whether any further military proceedings were ne cessary. He stated that the publication of the evi dence, or any part thereof, would obviously tend to defeat the ends of justice, and that, therefore, he trusted no part of it would be published till the whole could be laid before the country with pro priety. Gl It was not the wish of the Proprietors of the Sun to publish the Evidence until it could be given to the world with propriety, and they wilt oLey the injunctions of the Court. FOR THE SUN. MR;EDITOR, As the digging for sand on 'Hampstead Heath is a very great abuse of that .beautiful spot, and likey to be productive of dangerous accidents to the paisen gers on the road and footpath when it is dark, I send you the inclosed Epigram on the subject, in the hope the►t through the channel of your wide spread Paper, it may meet the eye of the Lady of the Manor, who is probably kept in ignorance of it, and induce her to give immediate orders for its being pat a stop to. Your insertion therefore, of the verses may confer a public obligation, and in all events will a private one, on your constant !leader, PERIPATETICUS. EPIGRAM. I " LET THE OLLL'D JADE WINCE." As DI Cr:, on Hampstead Heath, one day, The excavations saw,: Arid overheard the Bailiff say, 'Twas sanEtion'd by the Law;— " Such right if your employer takes," Indignantly he cried, •' to spoil our Heath, the Law then makes " A Devil of a Stride." We received some Dutch Papers this morning, but they contain no intelligence whatever. The two Regiments under General SLADE had ar rived nt Corunna on the Bth instant, and were im mediately to disembark. For want of wharfage the horses could Only be landed from flat-bottom boats, but they had began to land the waggons. Yesterday the Cabinet Ministers dined with the Duke of PORTLAI•W, at his house in Piccadilly. INDLA-Hovar..—Yesterday a Court of Direelors was held, when the following Captains were sworn into the command of their respee Ships, viz. Captain W. Campbell, Nottingham; Capt. J. Carnegie, Baring ; Madras and Bengal. Capt. J. Haliburton, Glatton ; Capt..M. Riches,Thames ; China direct. Cap:. Win. Hamilton, Lady Castlereagh ; St. Helena and The, under-mentioned Ships, taken up last week, were thus stationed, viz. Courts, Capt. I. Hay, .Chi.na direa. Metcalfe, Capt. lsacke, and Surrey, Captain Cumberlege, Madras and Bengal.. Devonshire, Capt. j. Murray, Ceylon and Bengal. Marquis Wellesley, Capt. Le Blanc, Bombay direct. Xhe destination of the Castle Eden, Capt. Cot- NETT, was altered from Ceylon and Bengal to Ma dras and Bengal the Retrea/, Capt.' W. HAY, was taken - up, and stationed for Madeira, Madras, and Bengal. Adjourned at six o'clock till Wednesday next. A Gentleman who arrived yesterday from St. An dero states, that he was present when the attempt was made to assassinate General KELLERMAN. Af ter that General had been some days on board the ilfricaine Frigate, he was desirous of going ashore a few hours! The Officers dissuaded him from it, and represented to him the danger that might arise from the hatred of the Portuguese ; their advice was un availing, and he went ashore in plain cloths, attended by-a young Midshipman. As soon as he landed he was recognized by one of his late servants, who pointed him out to the Portuguese, when he was surrounded by a mob, who began to attack him with their knives. The General had received se veral wounds in his face, when the young Midship man rushed forward sword in hand, and kept the mob in check until two military Officers crime up. They thee protected him into the boat, and he got back to the ship without farther injury. A Council was yesterday held for receiving the Recorder of London's Report of the convicts capi tally convicted at the Old Bailey during the Septem ber Sessions; when, we understand, his Majesty was graciously pleased to respite them all during his pleasure, except a man ut the name. of Palmer, .who was found guilty of breaking open a house in Manchester-square, during the absence of a man who had the care of it, and on his return wounded him with an iron crow, and threatened to niurckr him : he was ordered for execution on We i dnesday next. BIRTH.—On Friday the I ith inst. at Newport, tr. the Isle of Wight, the Lady of Captain rAtmua, of the 15th regiment of teat, of a Son. to .d :e~ u$